Author
Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ
Publication Date
4 Apr 1940-10 Oct 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
238
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/501
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0001da
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
4 Apr 1940-10 Oct 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding date gardens in southern Iraq owned by Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait. In particular, the correspondence concerns the Government of Iraq's decision to end the immunity from taxation (on the gardens) that had been granted by the British Government to the former ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ in return for his military support against the Ottoman Empire in World War 1.
The file contains translations of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad and his son (and representative in Iraq) Shaikh Mohamed [Muḥammad] as well as correspondence between British officials and the Iraqi government regarding the ongoing legal dispute concerning ownership of the gardens.
The file contains a letter (ff. 7-13) from Charles Geoffrey Prior, the British
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to Shaikh Aḥmad which includes details of the British government's settlement offer to him as compensation for loss of earnings since the Iraqi government ended his immunity from taxation in 1932. The letter asks for him to a sign a form that formally discharges the British government from liability for taxation losses and contains a draft copy of such a form.
The file also contains correspondence about a forthcoming change in the Iraqi land settlement law concerning the ownership of land by foreigners as well as correspondence regarding a court summons issued by Iraq against a number of members of the Al Sabah family including Shaikh Aḥmad (ff. 89-91).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of the topics discussed in the file is contained on folio 1A.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 53/11 XIX Confidential Series: D 163
